HL Deb 14 September 1915 vol 19 cc783-91

The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the following Papers, having been commanded to be presented to this House by His Majesty, had been so presented on the following dates by delivery to the Clerk of the Parliaments, pursuant to Standing Order No. 104, viz:

1. (Colonies) Annual—

2. Mines and Quarries—

I. Reports of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines under the Coal Mines Acts, the Metalliferous Mines Acts, and the Quarries Act, for the year 1914—

  1. 1. Scotland Division, H. Walker;
  2. 2. Northern Division, J. R. R. Wilson;
  3. 3. York and North Midland Division, T. H. Mottram;
  4. 4. Lancashire, North Wales, and Ireland Division, A. D. Nicholson;
  5. 5. South Wales Division, W. N. Atkinson;
  6. 6. Midland and Southern Division, Hugh Johnstone. (August 2);

II. Annual Report of His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Mines, with Statistics, for the year 1914. Part I. Divisional Statistics, (August 10);

3. Currency and Bank Notes Acts, 1914.—Treasury Minute, dated 19th July 1915, relative to currency Notes Certificates. (August 3);

4. Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland)—Seventieth Report of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland for the year ended 31st December 1914. (August 4);

5. Commercial, No. 1 (1915) (Suez Canal)—Returns of Shipping and Tonnage, 1912, 1913, and 1914. (In continuation of "Commercial, No. 1 (1914) "[Cd. 7466]). (August 5);

6. Meteorology—Tenth Annual Report of the Meteorological Committee to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the year ended 31st March 1915 (the sixtieth year of the Meteorological Office). (August 5);

7. Explosives Act, 1875-Thirty-ninth Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspectors of Explosives for the year 1914. (August 5);

8. Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation—Eleventh Report of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation for the year 1914. (August 5);

9. Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894–1906—Return of all British and Foreign Ships ordered by the Board of Trade or its officers during the period from 1st July 1914 to 30th June 1915 to be provisionally detained as unsafe. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper [Cd. 7617]). (August 5);

10. Dublin Hospitals — Fifty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Superintendence of the Dublin Hospitals, with Appendices, for the year 1914–1915. (August 6);

11. Railway Accidents—

  1. I. Summary of accidents and casualties reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom during the three months 785 ended 31st March 1915, in pursuance of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1871; together with reports to the Board of Trade by the Inspecting Officers, Assistant Inspecting Officers and Sub-Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department upon certain accidents which were inquired into. (August 6);
  2. II. General Report to the Board of Trade upon the accidents that have occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1911. (September 9);

12. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries—

  1. I. Appendix to Annual Report of the Horticulture Branch for the year 1913–1914. Maps. (August 9);
  2. II. Annual Report of the Chief Veterinary Officer for the year 1914. (August 17);
  3. III. Final Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire into Swine Fever; with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Part IV. Final Report Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, (August 20 );
  4. IV. Interim Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to consider the Production of Food in England and Wales. (August. 28);

13. Trade Reports (Annual Series)—

14. India (Accounts and Estimates, 1915–1916)—Explanatory Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India. (August 10);

15. Dominions Royal Commission—Royal Commission on the Natural Resources, Trade and Legislation of certain portions of His Majesty's Dominions. Minutes of Evidence taken in the Maritime Provinces of Canada in 1914. (August 10);

16. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland)—

  1. I. Report and Tables relating to Irish Agricultural Labourers, 1914. (August 11);
  2. II. Abstracts showing the Acreage under Crops and the Numbers and Descriptions of Live Stock in each county and province, 1914–1915. (August 25);

17. National Insurance Acts—

  1. I. Reports of Decisions on Appeals and. Applications under Section 67 of the Act of 1911 and Section 27 of the Act of 1913. Part. II. (August 13);
  2. II. Order, dated 17th August 1913, made by the Scottish Insurance Commissioners, entitled the National Health Insurance (Glasgow Boundaries Extension) Order. 1915. (August 25);

18. Railway Returns—

  1. I. Returns of the Capital, Traffic, Receipts and Working Expenditure, &c., of the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom, for the year 1913 (pursuant to the Acts 34 & 35 Vict. cap 78, 51 & 52 Vict. cap. 25, and 1 & 2 Geo. 5. cap. 34), with a General Report thereon, and Summary Tables for a series of years;
  2. II. Return relating to the Railways of the United Kingdom for the year 1914. (August. 17);

19. Irish Land Commission—Report of the Commissioners for the period from 1st April 1914 to 31st March 1915. (August 17);

20. Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire (Royal Commission)—Sixth Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inventory the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Wales and Monmouthshire, and to specify those which seem most worthy of preservation (August 20);

21. Agriculture (Scotland)—Agricultural Statistics, 1914, Vol. III, Part II. Returns of Produce of Crops in Scotland, with a Summary for the United Kingdom. (August 21);

22. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887—Return of the Number of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th June 1915. (August 23);

23. Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland—Report of the Departmental Committee on Food Production in Ireland. (August 23);

24. Government Chemist—Report of the Government Chemist upon the work of the Government Laboratory for the year ended 31st March 1915; with Appendices. (August 27);

25. Treaty Series (1915)—No. 8. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Russia for the Reciprocal Waiver of Consular Fees on Certificates of Origin relating to Exports. Petrograd, July 3 (16), 1915. (August 27);

26. Evictions (Ireland)—Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 30th June 1915. (August 28);

27. Public Records (Ireland)—Forty-seventh Report of the Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records (Ireland) for the year 1914. (September 2);

28. Board of Education—

  1. I. (Elementary Education—Annual Report for 1914 of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education. (September 3);
  2. II. (Public Education in England and Wales)—Statistics of Public Education in England and Wales. Part II. Financial Statistics, 1912–1913. (September 3);
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  3. III. (Universities, England and Wales)—Statement of Grants available from the Board of Education in aid of technological and professional work in Universities in England and Wales. (September 7);

29. Osborne—Report by the House Governor and Medical Superintendent for the year to 31st March 1915. (September 6);

30. Factory and Workshop (Industrial Fatigue)—Interim Report on an Investigation of Industrial Fatigue by Physiological Methods, by A. F. Stanley Kent, M.A., D.Sc. (Oxon), Henry Overton Wills Professor of Physiology in the University of Bristol. (September 6);

31. European War—Correspondence relating to the Occupation of German Samoa by an Expeditionary Force from New Zealand. (September 10);

32. Local Government Board (Scotland)—Twentieth Annual Report of the Local Government Board for Scotland, 1914. (September 10);

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

Trade Reports (Annual Series)—

Education (Scotland)—

  1. 1. Minute of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland, dated 19th August 1915, amending the Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes, 1915 (pursuant to Section 67, Education (Scotland) Act, 1872);
  2. 2. Regulations for the preliminary education, training and certification of teachers for various grades of Schools, 1915:

Presented (by command) and ordered to lie on the Table.

Army—Revised Rates for Billeting, dated 27th Au gust 1915:

Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act, 1915—Order in Council, dated 28th July 1915, approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under the Act:

Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865—

  1. I. Orders in Council approving Memorials of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under the Act—
    1. 1. Seven Orders, dated 28th July 1915;
    2. 2. Two Orders, dated 12th August 1915;
  2. II. Order in Council, dated 20th August 1915, approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty praying sanction to the transfer to the General List of Officers of the Royal Navy, of Officers on the Supplementary List who perform meritorious service during the War:

Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913—

  1. I. Two Orders in Council, dated 12th August 1915, made under the Acts;
  2. II. Order in Council, dated 28th July 1915, entitled the Behrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1915:

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877—Statute made by the University of Oxford on 25th May 1915, and sealed on the same day, amending Statute Tit. IV, Section 1, § 3, Clause 4 (c) of the Statutes of the University:

Munitions of War Act, 1915—

  1. 1. Munitions (War Service Badges) Rules, 1915 (Scotland) —Rules, dated 29th July 1915; made under Section 8 of the Act, by the Minister of Munitions as to Badges;
  2. 2. Munitions Tribunals Rules (Scotland)—Rules for constituting and regulating Munitions Tribunals made in pursuance of Section 15 of the Act by the Secretary for Scotland as far as relates to Offences, and by the Minister of Munitions as far as relates to other matters;
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  3. 3. Munitions Tribunals (Provisional Rules) (Ireland)—Rules for constituting and regulating Munitions Tribunals in Ireland, made ill pursuance of Section 15 of the Act by the Lord Lieutenant as far as relates to offences, and by the Minister of Munitions as far as relates to other matters:

Copyright (British Museum) Act, 1915—The British Museum (Delivery of Books) Regulation, 1915:

National Insurance Acts—

  1. 1. Unemployment Insurance—Unemployment Book (War) Regulations, 1915, made by the Board of Trade on 20th August 1915 in pursuance of Section 91 of the Act;
  2. 2. The National Health Insurance (Employment under Local and Public Authorities) Exclusion Order (Scotland), 1915, dated 14th July 1915:
  3. 3. The National Health Insurance (Exempt Irish Migratory Labourers' Benefits) Regulations, 1915, dated 11th August 1915:

Post Office (Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post)--The Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 72) Warrant, 1915, dated 11th August 1915:

Supreme Court of Judicature—Rules of the Supreme Court, dated 12th August 1915:

Friendly Societies—Regulation, dated 27th August 1915, made by the Treasury under the Friendly Societies Act, 1896:

Superannuation—Treasury Minute, dated 31st August 1915, granting a retired allowance to Richard Percy Armstrong, Officer, Liverpool, Customs and Excise, under Section 2 of the Superannuation Act, 1887:

Immediate Life Annuities—Table showing the sum for which an Immediate Life Annuity of £1 will be granted under the provisions of the Government Annuities Act, 1882:

Metropolitan Water Board—Twelfth Annual Report, for the year ended 31st March 1915:

Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899— Amending General Orders, dated 28th July 1915, for the regulation of proceedings under and in pursuance of the Act:

Shops Act, 1912—Orders by the Secretary for Scotland—

  1. 1. Dated 24th August 1915, in terms of Section 5 of the Act affecting certain classes of shops in the Burgh of Port Glasgow;
  2. 2. Dated 11th August 1915, in terms of Sections 4 and 5 of the Act affecting certain classes of shops in Woodside Ward, Aberdeen:

Local Taxation Returns (Scotland) Act, 1881—The Annual Local Taxation Returns (Scotland) for the year 1913–1914:

Port of London Authority—Sixth Annual Report of the Port of London Authority for the year ended 31st March 1915:

Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) and ordered to lie on the Table.

Upper Medway Navigation and Conservancy Act, 1911—Statement of the Accounts of the Conservators of the Upper Medway, for the year ended 31st March 1915: Delivered (pursuant to Act) and ordered to lie on the Table.